"If you want to make a stand, help others make a stand, and if you want to reach your goal, help others reach their goal. Consider yourself and treat others accordingly: this is the method of Humanity."

"I will not be concerned at other men's not knowing me;I will be concerned at my own want of ability."

"The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions."

"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop."

"If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people."

"Knowing it does not compare with loving it, loving it does not compare with delighting in it."

"One who never anticipates deceit or expects duplicity, and yet is the first to recognize such things " is that not a sage indeed?"

"Nothing is more visible than things hidden; Nothing is more manifest than things minute; Therefore, the superior man should be aware of his aloneness."

"In following the Way, the noble-minded treasure three things: a manner free of violence and arrogance, a countenance full of sincerity and trust, a voice free of vulgarity and impropriety."

"It is when those who are not strong enough have made some moderate amount of progress that they fail and give up..."

"A gentleman is not a pot."

"He who is concerned only with the purity of his own life ruins the great human relations."

"The superior man does not, even for the space of a single meal, act contrary to virtue. In moments of haste, he cleaves to it. In seasons of danger, he cleaves to it."

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."

"He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good."

"Ji Wenzi always thought thrice before acting. Hearing this the Master said, "Twice is enough."

"Study the past, if you would divine the future."

"At fifteen I set my heart upon learning. At thirty, I had planted my feet firm upon the ground. At forty, I no longer suffered from perplexities. At fifty, I knew what were the biddings of Heaven. At sixty, I heard them with docile ear. At seventy, I could follow the dictates of my own heart; for what I desired no longer overstepped the boundaries of right."

"No lake so still but it has its wave.No circle so perfect but that it has its blur.I would change things for you if I could, As I can't you must take them as they are."

"Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated."

"For this reason the gentleman will employ a man on a distant mission and observe his degree of loyalty, will employ him close at hand and observe his degree of respect. He will hand him troublesome affairs and observe how well he manages them, will suddenly ask his advice and observe how wisely he answers. He will exact some difficult promise from him and see how well he keeps it, turn over funds to him and see with what benevolence he dispenses them, inform him of the danger he is in and note how faithful he is to his duties. He will get him drunk with wine and observe how well he handles himself, place him in mixed company and see what effect beauty has upon him. By applying these nine tests, you may determine who is the unworthy man."

"There is nothing more real than what cannot be seen and there is nothing more certain than what cannot be heard."

"When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps."

"A man whose strength gives out collapses along the course. In your case you set the limits beforehand."

"What the superior man seeks is in himself what the small man seeks is in others."

"A legendary horse is praised not for its strength, but for its Integrity."

"To rank the effort above the prize may be called love."

"Instead of being concerned that you have no office, be concerned to think how you may fit yourself for office. Instead of being concerned that you are not known, see to the (be?) worthy of being known."

"If one should desire to know whether a kingdom is well governed, if its morals are good or bad, the quality of its music will furnish the answer."

"When you know a thing, to hold that you know it, and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it - this is knowledge."

"To see and listen to the wicked is already the beginning of wickedness."

"Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished."

"By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest."

"Speak the truth, do not yield to anger; give, if thou art asked for little; by these three steps thou wilt go near the gods."

"To see what is right and not to do it is want of courage, or of principle."

"Music produces a kind of pleasure which human nature cannot do without."

"He who wishes to secure the good of others, has already secured his own."

"They must often change, who would be constant in happiness or wisdom."

"Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire."

"The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has."

"Wenn man noch nicht das Leben kennt, wie sollte man den Tod kennen."

"The firm, the enduring, the simple, and the modest are near to virtue."

"You cannot open a book without learning something."

"The way of the superior person is threefold; virtuous, they are free from anxieties; wise they are free from perplexities; and bold they are free from fear."

"Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles."

"To know what you know and what you do not know, that is true knowledge."

"Never contract friendship with a man that is not better than thyself."

"To see the right and not to do it is cowardice."

"Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace."

"A noble minded person is not an implement."